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Dubawi’s Master of the Seas Dominant In the Superlative

Newmarket’s G2 bet365 Superlative S. was the launchpad for Dubawi (Ire) in 2004 and 16 years on his son Master of the Seas (Ire) came to the fore in the latest edition on Saturday. Sent off at 4-1 having won a soft-ground maiden over this seven-furlong trip on the Rowley Mile June 18, the bay tracked the pace up the centre and was travelling with menace when sent forward apporaching the final two furlongs. In front soon after, he drew away to score with authority by three lengths from Devious Company (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}), with Seventh Kingdom (GB) (Frankel {GB}) a length away in third.

Charlie Appleby, who also trained the ill-fated Dubawi colt Quorto (Ire) to land this two years ago, may have found another challenger for division leader on this evidence. There were echoes of a certain 2019 champion juvenile in his post-race comments. “He has been very straightforward and, dare I say it, one of the horses that has been under the radar slightly. He was entered to run in France next Tuesday in a listed race, but did a nice piece of work on Thursday so we thought that we should aim our sights a little higher and run here,” he explained. “He does everything very simply. He goes out with the string and, whatever we pair him up with, he finds it easy to gallop well with them. He handled soft ground on the Rowley Mile, when Brett Doyle said he was both very professional and willing. Those are two nice boxes to tick with a racehorse and I told William today not to be frightened to let him roll is he was travelling. He said that he probably hit the front too soon, but everything else just fell away.”

“He has done nothing wrong in two starts and is a lovely specimen by Dubawi,” he added. “We will get back and see how he pops out of this, but the likelihood is that we will hopefully go down the same route as Pinatubo and take a look at the G1 [Vincent O’Brien] National Stakes [at The Curragh] in September. It is unlikely that he will go to Goodwood and we will probably give him a bit of a break. He is a big horse and a bit more time won’t do him any harm. It is a bit early to be getting too excited where we might be next year, but he is definitely a horse that has got the right attitude and physique to see him go beyond a mile with a bit of luck.”

Master of the Seas becomes the fifth black-type performer for the talented dam Firth of Lorne (Ire) (Danehill), who captured the Listed Prix des Sablonnets and was runner-up in the G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches. Also third in the G3 Prix de la Grotte, GII San Gorgonio H. and GIII Cardinal H., she was quick to transmit her quality with her first three foals being winners and the third Etive (Elusive Quality) scoring at listed level in Germany having just failed to emulate her dam when second in the Sablonnets. Her fourth foal Falls of Lora (Ire) (Street Cry {Ire}) took the G3 UAE Oaks and Listed Distaff S. and was third in the G2 Cape Verdi before producing Cascadian (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), the G1 Prix Jean Prat runner-up who annexed the G3 Doncaster Prelude and was third in the G1 Kennedy Cantala.

Firth of Lorne’s best progeny was possibly Latharnach (Iffraaj {GB}), who was runner-up in the G1 St James’s Palace S. for this stable and third in the G3 Thoroughbred S., while she also threw the listed-placed Tipstaff (GB) by Falls of Lora’s sire Street Cry. Like the G3 Prix de Seine-et-Oise third Shmoose (Ire) (Caerleon), she is a daughter of the G3 Cherry Hinton S. scorer and G1 1000 Guineas runner-up Kerrera (Ire) (Diesis {GB}) who is also the second dam of the G2 Premio Parioli (Italian 2000 Guineas) and G2 Mehl-Mulhens-Rennen (German 2000 Guineas) winner Dupont (GB) (Zafonic) and his full-brother and fellow sire Pacino (GB) who also took that German Classic and was runner-up in the G1 Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1. Also connected to the G2 Gimcrack S.-winning sire Rock City (Ire), Firth of Lorne’s yearling is a daughter of Ribchester (Ire).

Saturday, Newmarket, Britain
BET365 SUPERLATIVE S.-G2, £40,700, Newmarket, 7-11, 2yo, 7fT, 1:23.95, gd.
1–MASTER OF THE SEAS (IRE), 127, c, 2, by Dubawi (Ire)
1st Dam: Firth of Lorne (Ire) (SW & G1SP-Fr, MGSP-USA, $163,189), by Danehill
2nd Dam: Kerrera (Ire), by Diesis (GB)
3rd Dam: Rimosa’s Pet (GB), by Petingo (GB)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby; J-William Buick. £23,081. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $34,333. *1/2 to Falls of Lora (IRE) (Street Cry (IRE)), GSW-UAE & SW-Eng, $246,417; Latharnach (Iffraaj (GB)), SW & G1SP-Eng, $217,472; Etive (Elusive Quality), SW-Ger & MSP-Fr, $126,693; and Tipstaff (GB) (Street Cry {Ire}), SP-Ire. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Devious Company (Ire), 127, c, 2, Fast Company (Ire)–Seren Devious (GB), by Dr Devious (Ire). (£45,000 Ylg ’19 GOFFPR). O-Russell Jones; B-Owenstown Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Tom Dascombe. £8,751.
3–Seventh Kingdom (GB), 127, c, 2, Frankel (GB)–Nayarra (Ire), by Cape Cross (Ire). O-Prince A A Faisal; B-Nawara Stud Ltd (GB); T-John Gosden. £4,379.
Margins: 3, 1, 3/4. Odds: 4.00, 7.00, 6.00.
Also Ran: Saint Lawrence (Ire), Ventura Tormenta (Ire), King Zain (Ire), Snash (Ire), Hudson River (Ire), Bright Devil (Ire), Miami Joy (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Champs Elysees’ Dame Malliot Wins the Princess of Wales’s

Few senior jockeys in the weighing room would have dared to make the move that Hollie Doyle did on Dame Malliot (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}) after just five furlongs in Thursday’s G2 Princess of Wales’s Tattersalls S., but the burgeoning talent knew best and her enterprise paid off handsomely. Taken out of Saturday’s G2 Lancashire Oaks due to soft ground, last year’s G2 Prix de Pomone winner was faced with that scenario here as Newmarket’s July Festival opener fell under grey skies and rain. Too free for the first half a mile anchored behind the leading trio, the 8-1 shot was allowed to tank to the front facing the long seven-furlong straight run to the finish. As last year’s winner Communique (Ire) (Casamento {Ire}) loomed inside the final three furlongs, Anthony Oppenheimer’s homebred would have been forgiven for laying down on her seasonal bow but instead began to assert from the furlong pole and had 2 1/4 lengths to spare over that rival at the line. There was another 1 1/2 lengths back to the veteran Desert Encounter (GB) (Halling) in third, with the 9-4 favourite Enbihaar (Ire) (Redoute’s Choice {Aus}) only fourth.

Doyle had partnered the winner to her emphatic five-length success in the Listed Aphrodite Fillies’ S. over this course and distance in July, a performance characterised by her ability to switch off in rear. “When I won on her here last year, I managed to settle her and she came home nicely but today she was very fresh as they didn’t go overly-quick early and she wouldn’t settle,” her rider commented. “I had a big decision to make then, do I hold her up and run the risk that she would pull too hard and not get home or do I leave her alone and make use of her stride? I pulled her away from the others and she pricked her ears and settled beautifully, so thankfully it worked out. I just had to use my initiative and she didn’t end up racing too soon like the others, so I had a bit more left in the tank. The ground was a bit of a worry, she had got away with it when she was the best horse at Deauville last year, but this was a tough contest. It’s an amazing feeling to get that group winner under my belt. I’ve had my Royal Ascot winner, so that box was ticked and this is another one. I’d like to think she could pick up a group one somewhere and she’ll definitely stay further.”

Ed Vaughan had opted to treat Dame Malliot with kid gloves as a 3-year-old, but there had been enough in her Aphrodite display to suggest that connections would have a serious prospect on their hands in 2002. Packed away following her sixth behind Enbihaar in Doncaster’s G2 Park Hill S. in September, the bay demonstrated here that she is ready to repay the faith shown to her. “I thought she might have gone too soon, but they weren’t going fast enough for her. Five out, I thought she might get caught out on the ground but she kept picking up,” her trainer commented. “She’s a good filly who holds the track record here on very fast ground. Frankie [Dettori] won on her in France on heavy ground, but got off and said never to run her on that sort of ground again. We’ll probably have to take on Mr Oppenheimer’s other filly Star Catcher, but I have got her in a group one in Germany so I’ll leave it up to Mr Oppenheimer.”

Dame Malliot’s winning dam Stars In Your Eyes (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) was sold for 32,000gns to Tally-Ho Stud at the 2018 Tattersalls December Mares Sale after producing the smart handicapper Banksea (GB) (Lawman {Fr}). Her dam Apache Star (GB) (Arazi), who was third in the Listed Cheshire Oaks, produced three black-type performers including the G2 Dante S. third Coordinated Cut (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) who was later re-named Victor Delight in Hong Kong. This is also the family of the recent G2 Ribblesdale S. winner and G1 Epsom Oaks third Frankly Darling (GB) (Frankel {GB}), the G3 Lingfield Derby Trial winner Mystic Knight (GB) (Caerleon) and the G1 Coronation S. heroine Rebecca Sharp (GB) (Machiavellian). The dam also has a 2-year-old full-brother to Banksea to come.

Thursday, Newmarket, Britain
PRINCESS OF WALES’S TATTERSALLS S.-G2, £57,200, Newmarket, 7-9, 3yo/up, 12fT, 2:34.40, sf.
1–DAME MALLIOT (GB), 129, f, 4, by Champs Elysees (GB)
1st Dam: Stars In Your Eyes (GB), by Galileo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Apache Star (GB), by Arazi
3rd Dam: Wild Pavane (GB), by Dancing Brave
O-A E Oppenheimer; B-Hascombe & Valiant Studs (GB); T-Ed Vaughan; J-Hollie Doyle. £32,438. Lifetime Record: GSW-Fr, 6-4-1-0, $162,802. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Communique (Ire), 132, h, 5, Casamento (Ire)–Midnight Line, by Kris S.. O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum; B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Mark Johnston. £12,298.
3–Desert Encounter (Ire), 132, g, 8, Halling–La Chicana (Ire), by Invincible Spirit (Ire). (32,000gns Ylg ’13 TAOCT). O-Abdulla Al Mansoori; B-Tally-Ho Stud (IRE); T-David Simcock. £6,155.
Margins: 2 1/4, 1HF, HD. Odds: 8.00, 5.50, 20.00.
Also Ran: Enbihaar (Ire), Alounak (Fr), Old Persian (GB), Forest Ranger (Ire). Scratched: Antonia de Vega (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Toronado’s Tactical Dominant In the July

Thursday’s G2 Tattersalls July S. took place against a backdrop of unseasonably wet weather on Newmarket’s July Course, but The Queen’s Tactical (GB) (Toronado {Ire}) shone through with a touch of class to add to his Listed Windsor Castle S. success. Having beaten Yazaman (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) by 1 1/4 lengths in that five-furlong Ascot speed test June 17, the 5-2 second favourite was able to confirm that form by the exact same margin as the duo pulled 2 3/4 lengths clear of Escape Route (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}). Held up early by William Buick as the G2 Coventry S. runner-up and 15-8 favourite Qaader (Ire) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) cut out the running, the Royal homebred was delivered to swamp him before brushing aside Yazaman a furlong from home. Staying on powerfully to the line, the powerhouse was able to prove his versatility and book a tilt at the top flight now.

The Queen’s bloodstock advisor John Warren said, “I think form-wise that was probably the same as the Windsor Castle, but the way he did it looked even better again. I think we might just have a very nice horse on our hands. It’s very exciting. We might look at the [G1] Prix Morny [at Deauville Aug. 23] as a potential objective for him. He is so laid-back and uncomplicated he will handle the travelling. Although it looks like he will stay seven furlongs, at the moment we will keep to what he has been good at. He ran through the line well. When William walked back in he said this was a proper horse.”

Andrew Balding added, “He has shown he is versatile on any ground, which is always nice to know before you go travelling. It is really fantastic for us to have a horse as good as this for Her Majesty. It is really exciting and rewarding. I’m sure there will be some very good horses that haven’t even raced yet and we still have a way to go, but he is near the top of the tree at the moment. We will stay at six for the time being, then when we get to the autumn, you have a choice of six or seven. The dam stayed seven in soft ground and the sire was a top miler, so there is no reason really why he shouldn’t stay seven himself.”

Tactical is the first foal out of the Royal runner Make Fast (GB) (Makfi {GB}), who as Andrew Balding stated was second in the Listed Radley S. and Listed Surrey S. over seven furlongs. She is a half to Raymi Coya (Van Nistelrooy), who captured the G3 Oh So Sharp S. also over seven and is connected to Raise You (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), who took the Listed Fairway S. and was third in the G3 Rose of Lancaster S. when with this stable. Make Fast also has a yearling colt by Iffraaj (GB) and a filly foal by The Queen’s Recorder (GB).

Thursday, Newmarket, Britain
TATTERSALLS JULY S.-G2, £40,700, Newmarket, 7-9, 2yo, c/g, 6fT, 1:12.42, sf.
1–TACTICAL (GB), 126, c, 2, by Toronado (Ire)
1st Dam: Make Fast (GB) (MSP-Eng), by Makfi (GB)
2nd Dam: Raymi Coya, by Van Nistelrooy
3rd Dam: Something Mon, by Maria’s Mon
1ST GROUP WIN. O/B-The Queen (GB); T-Andrew Balding; J-William Buick. £23,081. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, $59,655. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Yazaman (Ire), 126, c, 2, Kodiac (GB)–Online Alexander (Ire), by Acclamation (GB). (185,000gns Ylg ’19 TATOCT). O-Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum; B-Mountarmstrong Stud. (IRE); T-William Haggas. £8,751.
3–Escape Route (Ire), 126, c, 2, Dandy Man (Ire)–Elaysa (GB), by Shamardal. (€44,000 Wlg ’18 TATFBR; 50,000gns Ylg ’19 TATOCT). O-Clipper Logistics; B-Peter & Hugh McCutcheon (IRE); T-Richard Fahey. £4,379.
Margins: 1 1/4, 2 3/4, HF. Odds: 2.50, 6.00, 33.00.
Also Ran: Qaader (Ire), Swiss Ace (GB), Jimmy Sparks (Ire), Choritzo (GB), Victory Heights (Ire), Rebel At Dawn (Ire). Scratched: Lauded (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Qaader Targeting July Festival

Sheikh Hamdan’s ‘TDN Rising Star’ Qaader (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), last seen finishing second in the G2 Coventry S. at Royal Ascot, could reappear in the G2 Superlative S. over seven furlongs on July 11 at Newmarket or the G2 July S. over a furlong shorter over the same course 48 hours earlier.

Assistant trainer Charlie Johnston said, “The July Festival is where you are likely to see Qaader next, although we are flexible as to which race we will run him in. We could go up to seven for the Superlative or stay at six for the July S.

“He was still quite green in the race at Ascot, and didn’t get beat through a lack of speed but through a lack of experience. We would have no problem taking on the Coventry winner [Nando Parrado] again at some point, because Qaader moved through the race like a very good horse.”

The stable’s Eye Of Heaven (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) was more of a disappointment at Royal Ascot, beating just three home as the favourite in the G2 Norfolk S., but Johnston is not discouraged by the colt’s future prospects as he prepares for the G3 Molecomb S. on July 29.

“Eye Of Heaven will go straight to the Molecomb,” he said. “The only other race for him over five furlongs would have been the Dragon S. at Sandown on Sunday, but that comes a bit too soon for him off the back of Ascot.

“I would just put a line through his run [in the Norfolk]. His run at Newmarket [on debut] is bomb proof, as is his home work. The ground at Ascot was one factor, along with a few other little things. I hope we will see the real Eye Of Heaven at Goodwood.”

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